Ann Bowden and William Todd:

A Preliminary Inventory of Their Papers at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator:

Bowden, Ann, 1924-2001, and Todd,
William, 1919-2011

Title:

Ann Bowden and William Todd Papers

Dates:

1939-2001

Abstract:

The papers of Dr. Ann Bowden and Dr.
William Todd document their academic activities, publishing projects, and work for
The University of Texas at Austin. Included are drafts and proofs of works; research
materials and bibliographies of Tauchnitz, Edmund Burke, and Sir Walter Scott;
numerous offprints, tearsheets, and journals; and a small amount of correspondence,
some with Harry Ransom.

The papers of Dr. Ann Bowden and Dr. William Todd document their academic
activities, publishing projects, and work for The University of Texas at Austin at
the Harry Ransom Center, English Department, and Graduate School of Library and
Information Science. Included are drafts and proofs of works, such as Bowden's
dissertation "William Hone's Political Journalism"
(1975) and Todd's thesis "Lewis Theobald, Editor of
Shakespeare" (1947) and dissertation "Procedures for Determining the
Identity and Order of Certain Eighteenth Century Texts" (1949). Also present are
research materials and bibliographies of Tauchnitz, Edmund Burke, and Sir Walter
Scott; numerous offprints, tearsheets, and journals; and a small amount of
correspondence, some with Harry Ransom.

Dr. Todd was the Mildred Caldwell and Baine Perkins Kerr Centennial Chair Emeritus
in English History and Culture at The University of Texas at Austin, while Dr.
Bowden served the Austin Public Libraries for over twenty years and, prior to that,
was the first librarian of the Ransom Center when it opened in 1957. Both Todd and
Bowden worked as researchers at the Ransom Center and were instrumental in helping
the Center acquire the Gutenberg Bible in 1978.

Access:

Also received with the papers were three important collections of books from their
library, including a prize binding collection, a Sir Walter Scott collection, and a
James Boswell collection. These books were transferred to the Ransom Center Book
Collection.